Meal and flour bin



No. 609,903. Patented Aug. 30, I898.

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MEAL AND FLOUR BIN.

(Application filed Nov. 5, 1397.

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THOMAS PERRIN, OF SEDALIA, MISSOURI.

MEAL AND'FLOUR BIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 609,903, datedAug-ust'SO, 1898.

Application filed November 5, 1897. Serial No. 657,518. (No model.)

T0 (6 whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, THOMAS PERRIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sedalia, in the county of Pettis and State of Missouri, haveinvented a new and useful Meal and Flour Bin, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to a household article for kitchen use, and is ofthe variety employed for storing flour, meal, and like articles, so thatthe same maybe readily accessible at all times, thereby addingmaterially to the convenience of the culinary department.

For a full understanding of the merits and advantages of the inventionreference is to be had to the accompanying drawings and the followingdescription.

Figure 1 is a front view of a bin constructed in accordance with thisinvention, one of the compartments having its lower portion in section.Fig. 2 is a side view of the lower portion of the bin, showing thespout, sieve, and agitator in section and the cover moved rearwardly bydotted lines. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the agitator.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in the several views of the drawings by thesame reference characters.

The bin is preferably constructed of sheet metal and is subdivided by avertical partition, forming two compartments 1 and 2, the one for flourand the other for meal, and these compartments have their lower endscontracted and terminating in spouts 3, which are of rectangular shapein plan section and have the lower end portions of their sides recurvedor folded upon themselves, as shown at 4, to form guideways forcorrespondingly-bent edge portions of covers 5, which close the lowerends of the spouts. The side portions of the covers 'are bentvertically, as shown at 6, and are recurved or folded, as shown at 7, toenter the spaces formed between the folded parts 4. and the sides of thespouts to retain the covers in place and direct them in their movements.Each cover has a handle 8 near its front end, and its rear end is bentupward and provided with a vertical loop or eye 9 to travel upon arearwardly-extending guiderod 10, whose rear end is bent to form a stop11 to limit the rearward movement of the cover and preventitsdisengagement from the guides 4. The inward movement of the cover islimited by its upwardly-extending rear edge and the loop thereof, sothat there is no liability of drawing the cover out too far and leavingthe bin partially open. Each guiderod 10 has its front end bent andsoldered or otherwise rigidly attached to the rear-side of a spout, andin addition to limiting the rearward movement of the cover the saidguide rod supports the rear end of the cover and prevents its saggingand binding upon the guides 4 when moved to the rear,-so as to uncoverthe spout when it is required to withdraw some of the contents of thebin. By having the end portions of the sides of the spouts folded orrecurved and the edge portions of the covers correspondingly folded, asillustrated, the effective parts of the guides are removed a distancefrom the lower end of the spouts, thereby preventing choking by meal,flour, or other articles getting therein.

A sieve 12 is located in the lower end of each spout and is formed ofwire-cloth and is reinforced at its edges by a metal binding.

An agitator 13 operates in each spout over the sieve and comprises aseries of arched bars radiating from centrally-disposed collars orplates, one of the collars, as 14, being internally threaded and madesufficiently thick to secure a substantial connection between it and theshaft 15, which latter passes through the collars and has one endthreaded to screw into the collar 1a. The opposite end of the shaft isbent to form a crank, and its end portions obtain bearings in openingsformed in the sides of aspout. Should it be required to remove anagitator for any purpose, it is only necessary to hold it fast andunscrew the shaft 15 from the collar 14, and after the shaft is drawnoutthe agitator can be lifted from the bin or compartment thereof, as willbe readily understood.

Each of the compartments is closed at its upper end by a cover 16, whichis hinged to the upper end of the vertical partition, and the bin isattached to a board 17, which receives the fastenings by means of whichthe device is secured to a wall, partition, or like support.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is tendingrear edge of the cover, the latter having both its forward and rearwardmove-- ment limited by its rear edge, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

' In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have heretoaffixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

THOMAS PERRIN.

Witnesses WALTER MOREY, K. HUFFMAN.

